A Taste of the Region

Named in recognition of the achievements of Mr David Pettavel, a Swiss emigrant and the first vigneron and winemaker in the Geelong region, the modern Pettavel Winery & Restaurant was established in 2000 by the Fitzpatrick family....discover more about Pettavel's history The modern day Pettavel Winery and Restaurant features a state of the art winery, cellar door sales, fine dining restaurant and flexible function facilities, positioned on a hill top with sweeping views. Situated at the start of the Great Ocean Road, Victoria's premier tourist attraction Pettavel welcomes visitors year round.

Estate grown and made, cool climate wines

From 190 acres of vineyards in the Geelong region Pettavel produces twelve estate grown and made wines. The warm sun filled days and cool maritime influenced nights produce intense aromatic's and flavours in our wines and the modern state of the art winery is designed around retaining and capturing these characters in the bottle....discover more about the Pettavel range of estate grown and made wines

Pettavel Cellar Door and Restaurant are open 7 days, from 10:30am to 5:30pm ; note that the restaurant opens for lunch and Friday nights, bookings are essential.

Things to do at Pettavel

• Indulge in a leisurely 5 course long lunch or Friday night dining experience
• Enjoy a delicious starter plate matched with Pettavel's estate grown wines in the Cellar Door
• Develop culinary skills and participate in one of the cooking classes
• Take a joy flight to Pettavel from Geelong or Melbourne (for details see Pettavel's website)

Buy Pettavel wines and olive oil from A Taste of the Region.

See James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion entry for Pettavel Winery & Restaurant.